So I spent some time this morning reading the ColliderScript paper. A lot of very clever ideas in there. If nothing else, understanding the concept that "Bitcoin Script" is really kind of two (both very limited) scripting languages, kind of obvious in retrospect (and yes I know BitVM people were thinking like this quite a lot already), but a really useful mental model. The core idea of ColliderScript is to bridge the gap between the two and the way proposed to do it is .. well let's just call it "audacious". The idea that: an n-way collision's difficulty scales exponentially with n, and that therefore a 3-way collision is sufficiently harder than a 2-way, that you can base the security of a system on that difference - despite the fact that it's well known that merkle-damgard type hashes do *not* have this property for chosen messages - but that you can use it here because inputs cannot be chosen (signatures can't be chosen) - is, yes, I'll repeat myself and call it audacious :)

Even more, the fact that, for very practical reasons, SHA1 (and RIPEMD) are chosen for this task despite it having been broken over the last 20 years, is also audacious ... honestly if there was one reason I would not want to use this idea, it would be that (and yes, needing some kind of hardware acceleration to actually spend a covenant also seems wildly impractical, so you could reject the idea for that reason - but I do buy the argument that these things can be dramatically improved). But using a broken hash in such an aggressive way seems a bit much.

I want to caution anyone reading this that this is only a general, fairly superficial assessment ... I doubt this will end up being used but it is very clever. Moreover it should give you a hint about the direction research is going - there is a desire to find a way to use tapscript to embed, in particular, ZKP verification inside bitcoin transactions. The STARK people in particular are pushing this afaik but plenty of other people (including me btw!) want to find a way to do that. To repeat a point I've made before: we don't want this for jpegs or random gambling stuff - we want it because it's the *most* realistic way bitcoin scales as a usable form of money to the entire planet rather than just 50M users or so.


What happens when you open google.com?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atcqMWqB3hw


The man, the myth, the legend.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_I_vLL-mA5o


arguably, bitcoin has already changed the world

it's a bit like this "year of the linux desktop" meme, all the while linux is everywhere except for mainstream consumer desktops

people keep being hyper-focused on bitcoin adoption for normal (US, Europe) consumers, while it seems to creep up everywhere else


Scythe

https://video.nostr.build/6b3bb6b3f97e6c1d78f1cad8d634355436707209fb704e6e079508810a4b862b.mp4


Always insist in paying with cash even if they don't have change.

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🚀 MIGRATION RELEASE 0.1.5

Zapstore moved to zapstore.dev and with that the app identifier (new app for Android).

Simply find it and install it, then remove the old zap.store

Uninstall apps bug fixed, bigger toasts and with clearer info and actions, and much more.

https://image.nostr.build/5e1b8ce7830bc1ec8531eaeaf775359827d445565012d02db20998293953295e.jpg


Introducing ZEUS White: our white glove node management, point of sale, and integrated enterprise solutions for businesses

https://blog.zeusln.com/introducing-zeus-white/ https://image.nostr.build/90b5ebc2ee5363e108a0f2a74f2c43f97e602170980a2ce3a959121d7710b97d.jpg


🤔
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I’m very happy in to be in the AI & Robotic segment. Transitions in our life are necessary for we grow! 💪


Any applied cryptographers looking for a review job?


We are pleased to announce long-term support for  nostr:npub1zswjq57t99f444z6485xtn0vfyjjfu8vqpnyj6uckuyem2446evqnxgc6x for his continued contributions to the Bitcoin ecosystem. You keep building, we keep supporting 🫡
https://opensats.org/blog/m1sterc001guy-receives-lts-grant


₿itcoiner, Entrepreneur, Junior Engineer, Building AI & Robotic Labs


Ask your favorite company about their anti-KYC policy. nostr:note1xd844y7epq94t6awlpcdxe70v40wp8psdpjyyns6a0ng7zd7eqhqsej3y9


✨Beyond the Hardware Wallet

Stay ahead of the curve - something new is coming.
12.16.24

Be the first to know: https://foundation.xyz/beyond/
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WTF? how is this even legal? 🤨 paid internship? so this is the future they were talking all along, flying cars and living on the Mars? LOL.

https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/470/976/675/695/522/original/5c3ec21c7bbf07c9.png


"[Bitcoin is] not a short term game, it's a long term revolution of our society as a whole." —Justine


HIRING - pay is in #BTC!

We want @peachbitcoin to become a PWA!

We are seeking a talented React TypeScript developer with expertise in building Progressive Web Applications  and creating responsive, user-friendly designs.

📧 hello@peachbitcoin.com


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What are Nostr Clients?
If you’ve heard about Nostr, you might be wondering: what exactly is it?

While many describe Nostr as a social network, it’s actually much more than that. Nostr has the potential to be the true decentralized web.

In this article, we’ll focus specifically on clients, a fundamental part of how the Nostr protocol functions: https://blog.areabitcoin.co/nostr-clients


good people doing good work right here 👇

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For free subscribers: Lions and Foxes, Conversation Killers, Kuwait Biometrics Law, Ossification Debate and more!

For paid subscribers: DLC Devkit, Satsqueue, 12 year sentence for coinjoin service, DATUM decentralized mining and more!

#Bitcoin Tech Talk #422

https://jimmysong.substack.com/p/bitcoin-tech-talk-422


progress 👇

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ZEUS v0.9.2 is now available.

This release features:

- Activity: Export transaction history to spreadsheets
- Improved BIP-353 + BOLT 12 support
- Spooky theme
- Settings: Payments: add 'Slide to Pay' threshold
- Hardware wallet + external signer improvements
- Bug fixes

## Links

Blog post https://blog.zeusln.com/new-release-zeus-v0-9-2/

Release notes: https://github.com/ZeusLN/zeus/releases/tag/v0.9.2

Android

Universal APK: https://zeusln.com/zeus-v0.9.2-universal.apk
arm64-v8a APK: https://zeusln.com/zeus-v0.9.2-arm64-v8a.apk
Manifest: https://zeusln.com/manifest-v0.9.2.txt
Manifest Signature: https://zeusln.com/manifest-v0.9.2.txt.sig

F-Droid (self-hosted) https://zeusln.com/download
Google Play https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.zeusln.zeus

iOS

IPA: https://zeusln.com/zeus-v0.9.2.ipa
Apple App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/zeus-wallet/id1456038895 https://image.nostr.build/92800474880cee07a4fade23597e92efa719be25c3d94ed291c171169b76ba22.jpg


This AI-generated podcast reviews the first 10 days of Pubky's launch.

Get a crash course on Pubky’s vision for a user-owned web, as well as a review of the Pubky Core Demo Week.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9yjIf93Awk/

Pubky Core: https://pubky.org
Pubky Blog:  https://medium.com/pubky


Bitcoin Fog founder Roman Sterlingov was sentenced to 12.5 years for laundering $400M in illicit funds; assets were forfeited by U.S. authorities.

https://bitcoinnews.com/legal/bitcoin-fog-founder-12-years-prison/


⌛Block 869727: Important News of the Week

We're almost 7 months past the Bitcoin halving of 2024, and things are starting to accelerate. Keep up the good work, legends, and stay focused on what's important.

https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/869727/


"Ask not what bitcoin can do for you, but what you can do for bitcoin." —Adam Back


A digital coin contains the public key of its owner. To transfer it, the owner signs the coin together with the public key of the next owner. Anyone can check the signatures to verify the chain of ownership.


This boy SAVED the INTERNET… but couldn't save himself.

10 years ago, he was persecuted by his government, and ultimately paid with his life.

Aaron Swartz is a modern hero that most people DO NOT KNOW.

But they should.

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Aaron was creative, focused, and brilliant.

At 14, he invented RSS; He dropped out of Stanford; At 19, he was in the first Y Combinator class; He co-founded Reddit.

Most likely, if he were alive today, he would be involved with #Bitcoin.

But that’s not EVEN 1% of what he did for us 🙏

Let’s take a look 👇

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From a young age, Aaron believed in an OPEN INTERNET. In computers as a tool for LIBERATION.

"But wait, wasn’t the internet always open?"

No.

Believe it or not, there was a time when they wanted you to REGISTER your ID before you could browse or send an email.

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He believed that PUBLIC LEGAL RECORDS and SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH should be accessible to everyone.

But in the U.S.,

• 98% of scientific articles are behind paywalls; and
• ~80% of legal records are too.

Imagine being sued and still having to pay to view the documents?

https://video.nostr.build/2af872c7a7d1b74ce0fb8d42369a87df45a7ee2d23df006d287b58ac60fcfe26.mp4

Aaron's war had 3 major battles.

The first was against PACER.

A legal records database.

PACER is PAID... but it was "free" in 17 public libraries.

With friends, Aaron wrote a script on a USB drive, plugged it into a USB port, downloaded 2.7 million documents... and SET THEM FREE.

https://video.nostr.build/21b565dd1742bc950748be2ac0e0ce2868f4b94c54d1da9321a198c49fe85d1e.mp4

No charges were made against the group.

But the FBI began to take notice.

That had only been the beginning. That boy would still challenge the system.

The following year, Aaron would enter the biggest fight of his life — and the greatest battle in internet history against censorship ✊

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"SOPA/PIPA" 👉 if you're over 20, you probably still remember these acronyms.

A bill to "combat piracy"... which was just an excuse for the government to shut down ANY SITE, without warning.

Some companies loved the idea.

But those who loved the internet fought back.

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And then, something wonderful happened.

We still knew how to fight against online censorship.

In a coordinated response, the biggest websites on the internet "went on STRIKE."

Wikipedia and Reddit went offline. Google turned black.

Protests also erupted in the STREETS.

But...

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... but people have short memories.

This battle was won.

However, the NEXT one would be the LAST for young Aaron.

This MIT security camera was the final straw that ruined his life 👇📹

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JSTOR was Swartz's final target: the largest database of academic papers in the world.

Aaron wrote a script to download MILLIONS of papers, over the course of months, using his MIT access, in a small room.

MIT has a rebellious culture.

But the FBI could no longer tolerate the boy's defiance.

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With the video evidence, the U.S. prosecution charged Aaron with 13 crimes. Up to 50 years in prison.

In January 2011, he was arrested by undercover agents near the Harvard campus.

From then on, he was legally tortured.

Two years later, he would be found dead at home.

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"Aaron would be 38 years old today.

He was accused of 'pirating' scientific papers funded with public money.

Facing up to 50 years in prison, he took his own life.

Those he inspired continue to democratize access to science.

Let us remember him."

*These are the words of Susan, his mother.

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After his death, the charges were dropped by the government.

Aaron never considered entering a 'plea deal'. He would have faced millions of dollars in legal costs.

The father of the internet, Tim Berners-Lee, published a short poem at the time that says it all:

“The world was a little worse for his passing,
But a lot better for his being.”

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Aaron wasn’t a unanimous figure. You may disagree with his methods.

But he was faithful to his ideal.

He was genuine. Firm in what he believed.

He was a person who used his prodigious skills not to enrich himself, but to make the internet fairer, and the world a better place.

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Aaron had worked with Virgil Griffith (former Ethereum, now imprisoned for "teaching about crypto" to North Koreans).

He knew Elizabeth Stark (from Lightning).

He was friends with Zooko.

And he wrote about #Bitcoin — on the DAY he was arrested (1/6/11)! 😢

http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/squarezooko

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Curious? To learn more about the story, start with this documentary (on YouTube) 👇

[https://youtu.be/9vz06QO3UkQ](https://youtu.be/9vz06QO3UkQ)

We’ll finish with an excerpt from the "Manifesto for Free Access," by Aaron himself:

"Information is power. But, like all power, there are those who want to keep it for themselves. There is no justice in following unjust laws. It’s time to come to the light, and, in the tradition of civil disobedience, declare our opposition to the private theft of public culture.

We must take information, wherever it is, make our copies, and share them with the world."

RIP, Aaron ✊

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Here are the very draft interpreter and BIPs for Script Restoration. I'm seeking comments (looking at nostr:nprofile1qqsdnpcgf3yrjz3fpawj5drq8tny74gn0kd54l7wmrqw4cpsav3z5fgpz4mhxue69uhk2er9dchxummnw3ezumrpdejqz9rhwden5te0wfjkccte9ejxzmt4wvhxjmcprpmhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuumwdae8gtnnda3kjctvl3x2lg and nostr:nprofile1qqs2nep2pjnwfvfqszytdzj06eq8fqd3yps0j9dqlm95ezr524lrwjgpr4mhxue69uhkummnw3ez6ur4vgh8wetvd3hhyer9wghxuet5qyt8wumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnwdaehgu3wvfskueqpz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfdunyshzy here!) on all aspects, including format and what opcodes make sense to combine into a single proposal.

There are definitely some tweaks we could make to costing (it bugs me that the formula for OP_MUL is not symmetric, for example!), but that part is pretty solid.

Once we have a single proposal that we think is well-specified, reasonable and useful, it'll be time to get coauthors (I have a day job, and it's not this!) and formally propose it for broader scrutiny.

https://github.com/rustyrussell/bips/pull/1/

And interpreter (not other parts, so not actually usable except bench and test!):

https://github.com/rustyrussell/bitcoin/pull/1


What's next for Pubky?

🚀 1. Launching a relatively feature-rich version of our our flagship "Pubky App": Private beta first, then public beta Q1 2025.

🔑 2. Prototyping & launching a new authenticator app for managing keys, sessions, and DHT records.

🌱 3. Launching initiatives to cultivate an ecosystem of exceptional builders using & contributing to Pubky Core.

This is just the beginning. Our 2025 roadmap is (overly) packed with exciting plans.

Get ready to take back the web with Pubky in 2025.

https://medium.com/pubky/pubky-the-next-web-3287b35408f1


We are releasing version 2.0.2 to address a vulnerability affecting stores using the Blink or Nostr plugins together with pull payments and payouts (most commonly used for refunds and Bolt cards).

https://github.com/btcpayserver/btcpayserver/releases/tag/v2.0.2

If your setup relies on these functionalities, we strongly recommend immediately updating your Nostr plugin to the latest version and BTCPay Server to 2.0.2 to mitigate this issue.

Please note that regular users operating LND or CLN nodes were not impacted on all versions.

If you run BTCPay Server 1.x and you use pull payments with NwC (Nostr wallet Connect) - please update to BTCPay Server 2.0.2 and update the Nostr Plugin.

If you opted into BTCPay Server 2.0 and are using  blinkbtc plugin with pull payment - please update to BTCPay Server 2.0.2.

Our thanks to  itstomek petzsch leinert for responsibly disclosing and alerting us of this issue.


Alot of the misunderstanding here is that Nostr devs think we are saying "here look our tech is better use it instead".

In reality what we are saying is: "we wanted this system and it couldn't have been built with the same keys as Nostr, so we can't pretend to be a Nostr thing like Blossom, but hey it is still interesting, have a look."

The smart people understand this and argue:
1. is what we built really interesting? or is Nip65 good enough?
2. If a DNS over DHT is interesting, can Nostr relay pool just evolve into a DHT?

So we answer these questions by arguing that #1 is subjective, and if Nip65 is working for your needs you shouldn't care about Pkarr, but #2 you can't accidentally grow a DHT of millions or even 10s of thousands of nodes starting from expensive web servers, and even if you can it is entirely wasteful to try, and there are countless examples of DHT networks that can't grow to even 1000s of node despite being fancier than Mainline DHT.

Basically Mainline is like Bitcoin, it is not something you can copy.

That being said, if you think it is valuable, then start building the secp DHT today, because there is a very long road ahead of you.


Interesting to see the rise of python.  Probably AI related.  We have also lost a whole generation of coders to Microsoft TypeScript, and Facebook React.  The original non-corporate web is much under rated.  Nostr is a web sub-protocol, and shows what can be done with the web, if you want it enough.

https://image.nostr.build/7d43994e9670ca4aafc87335505861ab7102bfeb2a50cbaba78f6124974d57d3.png


iOS 18.1 added an implementation of the auto-reboot timer for locked devices we've been using in GrapheneOS since June 2021:

https://chaos.social/@jiska/113447894119816217

This was one of our early generation protections against forensic data extraction. We added a lot more protections this year.


I believe I've worked through all those little details over the last year and a half while coding it, and there were a lot of them. The functional details are not covered in the paper, but the sourcecode is coming soon. I sent you the main files. (available by request at the moment, full release soon)


readme: Add standardized tags for NIP-35 (torrents) (#1575) #nips_changes
https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/commit/b79e46d33cdbe275080a0cb6c7db8e84c685bdb4


The State hates people

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Roman Sterlingov, the alleged operator of the Bitcoin mixer Bitcoin Fog, has just been sentenced to 12.5 years in prison.

The government is now seizing the little Bitcoin he has left (hint hint that's how your strategic bitcoin reserve gets built), while the Billions of Dollars he allegedly made operating Bitcoin Fog continue to remain unaccounted for.

Here's a primer on the wild story of his prosecution and why it shook the chain analysis space – full story coming when more info on the sentencing is available.

https://m.primal.net/LxGX.png
https://www.therage.co/bitcoin-fog-sentencing/


If you want to read about Mainline censorship resistance to Sybil attacks we wrote something (a bit technical) https://github.com/pubky/mainline/blob/dev/docs/censorship-resistance.md

And if you want to verify the DHT size yourself, run this script and read about the methodology:

https://github.com/pubky/mainline/blob/dev/docs/dht_size_estimate.md#see-it-yourself

TLDR; Mainline is huge, extremely fast, rock solid reliable, and hasn't gotten any smaller.


Oh ok 😁


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I know it. But stay the reflection.


"Bitcoin consensus isnt built, it is enforced" -- John Carvalho

Amen!  Only by defending bitcoin has it succeeded, and can it succeed.  Many are doing so.  Keep going!


More miners chiming in on censorship.

If we want Bitcoin to remain a tool for freedom of transaction and humanity, IEEPA and the Bank Secrecy Act need to be abolished – or at the very least drastically reformed.

This is not the time to sit around and wait how things play out.

https://m.primal.net/Lwjc.png


Jack tried recreate Nostr instead of integrate it into Web5, creating bridges and others things. You can’t recreate some already is tested and audited many times, only integrate it and then make new improvements. Stay reflection 💪 #nostr


Another fun fact: Most AI applications use API being your own machine and then less dependent of the central data or keep using central data center. Example: You can get Ollama API and then run into own machine


Bitcoin Optech newsletter #328 is here:

- describes a vulnerability affecting old versions of Bitcoin Core
- recaps the "Ephemeral Dust" PR Review Meeting
- Optech Newsletter #328 Recap on Twitter Spaces
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2024/11/08/

Antoine Poinsot announced to the Bitcoin-Dev mailing list the final vulnerability disclosure predating Bitcoin Core’s new disclosure policy...
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2024/11/08/#disclosure-of-a-vulnerability-affecting-bitcoin-core-versions-before-25-1

Ephemeral Dust is a PR by instagibbs that makes transactions with ephemeral dust standard, improving the usability of both keyed as well as unkeyed (P2A) anchors...
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2024/11/08/#bitcoin-core-pr-review-club

Bitcoin Optech will host an audio recap discussion of this newsletter on Twitter Spaces Tuesday at 15:30 UTC. Join us to discuss or ask questions!
https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1YqGovmrydQKv


Most AI and robotics software are written in Python and C++. This is a best way to hardware level. In this code you can use deep learning to stereo disparity estimation https://github.com/NVIDIA-ISAAC-ROS/isaac_ros_dnn_stereo_depth


Another chat relay enters the chat

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Bitcoin consensus isn't built, it is enforced.

It is enforced by everyone defaulting to "No" unless there's overwhelming agreement, necessity.

Users choosing their software isn’t "governance"; it’s the option to opt out, to leave.

Bitcoin’s strength lies in resisting any form of central control.

It’s not governed; it’s inherently resistant to governance.


testing software nowadays:
1) git clone repo
2) docker compose up
3) disable all docker security hardening
4) try docker compose up again
5) discover that everything was designed to work on developers macbook and nowhere else
6) rm -rf repo
7) buy a farm


Enjoying neutral bot analysis of posts on the theme of edits.  One of the good things about Nostr Open API is that anyone can do this.  See table below.

It seems the main issue is framing things as a binary choice.  In reality editing in the public square is a nuanced thing, and probably a good thing.  Even better if you keep the old version, which seems to be what the community wants.  Twitter does this for pro users, but users can have it for free on nostr.  Great!

https://image.nostr.build/e72eada5b81754f6563bc9d9c2ae4fcd9fc2d23fb1cb7418d7145a0ddc23d256.jpg


Along with Steve Lee of Spiral and Ren of Electrical Capital, I co-authored a paper on Bitcoin consensus and the analysis of risks around protocol upgrades from a technical & economic perspective:
https://github.com/bitcoin-cap/bcap

Here's the v1.0 PDF version:
https://github.com/bitcoin-cap/bcap/blob/main/bcap_v1.0.pdf

It explores what consensus is, how Bitcoin has historically upgraded its consensus over time including through contentious periods, and what some of the future paths and associated risks there are for potential changes in the future.

The paper doesn't take a stance for or against any given consensus change, but rather analyzes the field for how changes are made (which partially evolves over time as the network grows, i.e. 2024 is different than 2017 is different than 2009), and what some of the specific risks are for contentious changes from a blended economic and technical perspective.

For example, we analyze scenarios around bounty claims, which is a risk that can manifest when the majority of miners adopt a change but only a minority of economic nodes have:
https://github.com/bitcoin-cap/bcap?tab=readme-ov-file#how-might-this-occur-with-a-soft-fork

And in a world of sovereign holders, corporate treasurer holders, ETF holders, and so forth, some of that could play out differently today or in the future compared to how it might have played out in the past. And so we provide a framework to help analyze those scenarios and risks.

For the v1.0 version, we had the paper reviewed by major exchanges, ETFs, corporate treasurers, developers, miners, legal experts, philosophy professors, etc to make it as accurate and helpful as an educational resource across domains.

However, we consider our initial version to only be the start. We're releasing the paper to the public domain, and inviting people to contribute to it or even help maintain it on Github.

It's a living document, in other words. We're not the authorities on this; we just did a lot of research and review on the topic as a starting point. If there's something you think could be clarified, or something you disagree with, then we invite your contribution! And a big thank you to the initial people that reviewed it and provided feedback for the initial v1.0 version!


“Bro, I don’t know for where I can begin study about AI + Robotic”. I recommend you Nvidia SDK: https://developer.nvidia.com/industries/manufacturing/developer-resources-robotics-and-edge-ai-applications
https://m.primal.net/LvzA.jpg


Yea. Until because Trump have his own shitcoin


He’s chief of SEC. He approved indirectly.


He approved Ethereum ETF. Automatically legitimized shitcoins.


what have we become https://image.nostr.build/a174ff776ac855e968cdee68847177b281b983910c1a790f535d5ec5253b2329.png


#ai #browser #bookmark

https://github.com/gregpr07/browser-use


Trump will legitimize shitcoins and then some "bitcoiners" will applause

If you haven't realized yet that Trump is not a maximalist, you are living in a fantasy world.


Sizing LLM interface systems 🤯


I have made a template to create browser apps for your PC and access them securely on your phone. I have already built a few examples.

The video shows me using the nostr:npub1wnwwcv0a8wx0m9stck34ajlwhzuua68ts8mw3kjvspn42dcfyjxs4n95l8 nostr client. Simply clone Iris and run the program; and in a separate terminal, run secureserver. Visit the provided URL (your public ip), go through the authentication process, and you have a local version of Iris running remotely on your phone.

nostr:npub1sn0rtcjcf543gj4wsg7fa59s700d5ztys5ctj0g69g2x6802npjqhjjtws works too, but it takes several seconds to load in the remote browser. That is not snort’s fault, so I will work on it.

There is also a pretty cool photo app that turns your PC into a personal cloud, and a Bitcoin wallet that uses your own node. Here is the code to secureserver, with links to the other apps:

https://github.com/BTCapsule/secureserver https://video.nostr.build/ea749f90894a13950eb553466e7a32b87c5a0d2340bfa5b10bfd835b59c7caca.mp4


GM Folks.

Latest Brief is out. Go get it!

https://fountain.fm/episode/JcafeApxLpRjDPfeITCp


Agents are the new apps.  Agentic is the new open.


#pubky is no more a threat to nostr than #bitcoin is a threat to mastodon.  Many mastodon users percieve bitcoin to be a threat because they have not read about the technology.  Same with #nostr

nostr:nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzprx6rk40kt0cmt69qpfnewnfkez6lgx27ufkudqmuxmx5t57t0wcqy2hwumn8ghj7erfw36x7tnsw43z7un9d3shjqpqug4la77jdczxgnevkt7a9r443t8d7lancrt4qc22q5sdkn4fxa5qdgnlal


👀
https://m.primal.net/LvAe.jpg


#Sanctions

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My favorite chart 😁

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Winner declared!
https://image.nostr.build/f5a7a2f391d60027bffd16cf9b7ada2b4d8ad97b584526a8ea75ee4698238329.jpg


I wrote a whole fucking article on why miners should brace for the application of sanctions law under a Trump administration but the TLDR is you're all fucking retarded

https://www.therage.co/trump-2025-sanctions-are-good-for-bitcoin-2/


GM. It is time to free Ross.


DATUM is live on Umbrel!

https://apps.umbrel.com/app/datum


Have you starred any Pubky repos yet?

With Pubky, your public key is your self-sovereign domain name.

We're building more great tools, but which tools would you like to have soon?

https://m.primal.net/Luep.png


This is a new mega article overview of Pubky, great for getting a full view and sharing these ideas with other people :)

Pubky: The Next Web

https://x.com/BitcoinErrorLog/status/1853795908162588901


It would be unhealthy to think of all new tech as "competition" to Nostr.

Nostr is not Bitcoin, it isn't an investment that will mature and make you rich (unless you get funded by Jack?).

Nostr is derivative networking protocol tech that builds on the ideas of many people before it (including my own, believe it or not). It is tech that already has been improved upon in various ways, both inside and outside the Nostr community.

Pubky is a strict improvement to Nostr and if that makes you uncomfortable, the cure is to learn more, not to attack it like it is some sort of virus or scam.

I have dedicated the past 12 years of my life to Bitcoin and freedom technology, and the Synonym team has similar stories. Do you really want to just ignore us and discredit us out of spite?

Is that what you want this community to represent, some sort of tribe with taboos and strict allegiances?

That is not how to compete with Bluesky and Big Tech.

Anyway, we will keep doing what we do regardless of any hate, and we will be ready for you and accepting when you arrive to our ideas.

Thank you for your consideration.

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Formstr, Groups, Coop, Nostrability, and NIP-44. More to come.
https://opensats.org/blog/8th-wave-nostr-grants


#pubky offers unique new possibilities to nostr

- ecosystem gets 100s more tools
- provides verifiable censorship resistance
- decentralized dns
- scaling technology
- use features, use cases, micro apps

All hidden from the user with a beautiful UX.  User just gets more choice.  Some devs dont want this of course.  They may be putting their own needs ahead of the needs of the users, or the project.

nostr:nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzprx6rk40kt0cmt69qpfnewnfkez6lgx27ufkudqmuxmx5t57t0wcqy2hwumn8ghj7erfw36x7tnsw43z7un9d3shjqpq8q09zjjnku60n3zsrf543jrkftf2ykrku83hvepfrzc3dfp8ce5qtwrxyt


GFM
https://media.tenor.com/9bmV0dak2cMAAAAM/remember-remember-v-for-vendetta.gif


Remember, remember, this fifth of November, no vote or politician will save you. They are only interested in keeping their jobs and keeping the status quo mostly intact.


Looking for input & feedback

https://bitkey.build/building-in-the-open/


🔒Security shouldn’t be a mystery.

Passport is fully open-source and 100% verifiable, so you know exactly how it protects your Bitcoin. No closed source code, just transparency you can trust.

 Trust, verified. Open-source self-custody.


Choose Wisely, Vote for #Bitcoin ⚡

#Nostr #Plebchain #Zap

https://m.primal.net/LsGY.jpg


https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/bitcoin-core-27-2-released/1239 #bitcoin


GM! https://image.nostr.build/57736075e4524ba0ef96aff6e1b835f4716a9f759f70d225f957dbf87b8f5df0.jpg


Pubky uses PKARR for a very simple yet fundamental power, your control over your DNS records.

It would be very easy for Nostr apps to at least use this portion of Pubky by managing a separate correlated key in the DHT that points to your trusted relays.

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Introducing https://www.mutestr.com - live nostr muted list and soon you can check who has muted you


We don't have enough bitcoin content here.


Next year, I will be 100% focused on AI and robotics. These are areas that have been special to me since the beginning.

#Bitcoin and Lightning were great learning experiences for me.

See you in 2025! :)


The host difficult moral stands to wake are when everyone else disagrees, on worse when they think you are unkind in holding your stance. Bet such are the demands of morality that expediency of seeing someone be happy in not enough to swap your judgement.


PAID IN BITCOIN premieres on Nov 4 -  nostr:npub155m2k8ml8sqn8w4dhh689vdv0t2twa8dgvkpnzfggxf4wfughjsq2cdcvg YouTube channel!

It was an honor to work on Bitcoin as a medium of exchange at  nostr:npub1rwh33t5x8n7czknhts5fg0v0fml8mkl7neaarksumkkf8d679qrqcz7avv, together with  nostr:npub1ex7mdykw786qxvmtuls208uyxmn0hse95rfwsarvfde5yg6wy7jq6qvyt9.

Kudos to  nostr:npub1rj7eh0eu3skwcyr5adpcjwxft9z4yjdspjryq6gynqw2j49f9a3quqjpw2 for yet another 🔥 doc and  nostr:npub1py3zs4a0e6ercekfnlynmrj7hknd02keq84n3tmnc5y0z9mg2qfqscke9h for leading the way!

https://m.primal.net/LpRN.mov

Let Uncle know how you like the trailer, BitPay trolling, and  nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx appreance!


ws://xiqz1bc7xmiw9kz8n8j6epbwnww59nibd9f7175cwd1jz6kmcdko/

https://github.com/pubky/pkdns

You can now reach my WOT-Relay with PKDNS. FUCK ICANN!

https://i.nostr.build/jdkBRwIQ0J7WeEel.png


ZEUS v0.9.2

- Export transaction history to spreadsheets
- Improved BIP-353 and BOLT 12 support
- Spooky theme
- Bug fixes and misc enhancements

https://github.com/ZeusLN/zeus/milestone/26


People can't even comprehend the amount of fucking around that's going on right now, but they'll find out eventually.


They said it couldnt be done.  Censorship-resistant relays powered by #pubky and decentralzed DNS.

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https://image.nostr.build/30102198a8bc9e6c57a761b41d7432d52933e81c74d626cb3340b5e6d7ce4dc0.jpg


This🎯

nostr:note1jvr4zcmjlfry65gz5ampkx56ca5qtxgkxygmny2fuzqfp4rwx06q8sr9z0


A better question is to ask yourself what nostr solves.

Nostr sends notes, and other stuff, from one user to another, using relays (web servers) in realtime.

This is better than the status quo, because if one relay goes down, you can use another, and you (hopefully) have not lost everything.

#pubky is provably censorship-resistant DNS.  It has millions of nodes, and 15 years of track record, most famously via Bittorrent mainline.

Censorship resistant  DNS is a big idea because it allows anyone to express themselves.  To stop it you would have to take down 20 million nodes (as opposed to 2-3 relays) and then 100s more would spring up.

Each project does different things.  Nostr improves on the status quo by relaying notes.  Let nostr be nostr.

#pubky solves a big idea which is to decentralize DNS, which has become the acchiles heel of the web.  It also gives access to dozens of massive nettworks (e.g. git) many bigger than nostr already.

Since they both use the same private key users can have one or both if they choose.  There is a powerful intersection that some of us are now exploring.  My mind is blown with the possibilities.


This note will probably not even be considered, I ask nostr:nprofile1qqsrhuxx8l9ex335q7he0f09aej04zpazpl0ne2cgukyawd24mayt8gprfmhxue69uhhq7tjv9kkjepwve5kzar2v9nzucm0d5hszxmhwden5te0wfjkccte9emk2um5v4exucn5vvhxxmmd9uq3xamnwvaz7tmhda6zuat50phjummwv5hsx7c9z9 and nostr:nprofile1qqsgydql3q4ka27d9wnlrmus4tvkrnc8ftc4h8h5fgyln54gl0a7dgspzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgqg5waehxw309aex2mrp0yhxgctdw4eju6t0qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyfehcpn anyway, what do you think about Pubky?
Could it be what Nostr is missing?
https://medium.com/@synonym_to/pubky-launch-260f36ba8fe3

#asknostr
cc nostr:nprofile1qqsdulkdrc5hdf4dktl6taxmsxnasykghdnf32sqmnc7w6km2hhav3gpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhszyrhwden5te0dehhxarj9ekk7mf0qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnwdaehgu3wvfnj7yl8fqe


Today's Pubky demo features  nostr:npub1getal6ykt05fsz5nqu4uld09nfj3y3qxmv8crys4aeut53unfvlqr80nfm and a sneak peak at an early version of the upcoming Pubky app!

https://medium.com/@synonym_to/pubky-ai-bot-62ebf7348c2a


GM

Journey to Freedom: Embrace #Bitcoin ⚡

#Nostr #Plebchain #Zapathon

https://m.primal.net/LpCA.jpg


Bitcoin Optech newsletter #327 is here:

- describes a proposal for timeout tree channel factories
- summarizes a draft BIP for proofs of discrete log equivalence to be used when generating silent payments
- adds a discrete log equivalency (DLEQ) topic
- adds a duplex micropayment channels topic
- Optech Newsletter #327 Recap on Twitter Spaces

https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2024/11/01/

ZmnSCPxj posted to Delving Bitcoin and discussed with Optech contributors a proposal for a new multi-layer channel factory design named SuperScalar...
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2024/11/01/#timeout-tree-channel-factories

Andrew Toth posted to the Bitcoin-Dev mailing list a draft BIP and a link to an implementation for generating and verifying proofs of discrete log equality (DLEQ) for the elliptic curve used by Bitcoin (secp256k1)...
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2024/11/01/#draft-bip-for-dleq-proofs

Discrete log equivalency (DLEQ) or proofs of discrete log equivalency (PODLE) is the ability to prove two points on an elliptic curve were both derived from the same private value (such as a private key)...
https://bitcoinops.org/en/topics/discrete-log-equivalency/

Duplex micropayment channels are bi-directional micropayment channels that use deincrementing relative time locks to ensure the latest state is the first that can be confirmed.
https://bitcoinops.org/en/topics/duplex-micropayment-channels/

Bitcoin Optech will host an audio recap discussion of this newsletter with special guest Andrew Toth on Twitter Spaces Tuesday at 14:30 UTC. Join us to discuss or ask questions!
https://x.com/i/spaces/1lDxLlkZXaMxm


proof-of-work > proof-of-larp


ZmnSCPxj recently joined Dave Harding and Mike Schmidt in our first Optech Deep Dive podcast episode.

The discussion aimed to provide a deeper understanding of ZmnSCPxj’s SuperScalar proposal in preparation for its coverage in the upcoming Newsletter #327.

Get ahead:
https://bitcoinops.org/en/podcast/2024/10/31/


Happy #Bitcoin Whitepaper Day!

The relevance of Satoshi’s legacy is greater today than ever before ⚡

#Nostr #Plebchain #Zapathon

https://m.primal.net/LoVV.jpg


Summaries of my Pubky announcement presentation over on Twitter:

https://x.com/BitcoinErrorLog/status/1851982879825260595

https://x.com/BitcoinErrorLog/status/1851987499729445110


Wow!  So it turns out your nostr privkey can be used to run a tor service.  You just put the key in the directory and start tor.  It generates the keys for you.

But there's more.  Because your tor key is also a #pubky.

Now you can add this to your uncensorable pubky DNS record.  This turns every npub into an uncensorable Tor domain.

I've barely figured out the implications of this.  You can have your own website without paying for a domain and users are protected from observation.  You can have your own personal protected storage.  Any npub can become a mint and connect to the lightning network.  You can run a relay.  It's a whole new surface for innovation!


#nostr + #bittorrent + #tor + #pubky == mind blown!


Good news for all self-hoster !

Added the option to defragment the databases which dramatically reduces their size (650 GB to 285 GB)

It's manual for now, but will probably make it automatic after I know how often it needs to be ran

https://m.primal.net/LnwQ.png


🫨 nostr:note127nr4tt2cpgg4wqx3qw8afcxdp67ad92nemtdk7gnr40tr82x7cq8lrgaj


BTCPAY 2.0 IS OUT!!! 🚀

https://blog.btcpayserver.org/btcpay-server-2-0/

https://m.primal.net/LnDW.png

BTCPay Server 2.0 realigns the internal architecture with the lessons we’ve learned since 2017, positioning us to better support both plugin developers and ourselves as we implement new features.

🌎New interface localization
🧭New sidebar-only navigation
📲New onboarding flow for new users and Point Of Sale
🏬Three new e-commerce integrations @Wix, @Odoo & @BigCommerce
🙌Checkout v2 default
🎨Branding enhancements

https://m.primal.net/LnEE.png

While it may not seem immediately obvious, we expect users to see the full potential of 2.0 in the upcoming months, as the ecosystem continues to thrive and build on top of it. With BTCPay Server 2.0, we’re introducing breaking changes in our API that allow us to eliminate the technical debt that has accumulated over the years.

Updating to BTCPay Server 2.0 is a one-way process with no option for rolling back. Because of that, we're making it opt-in, requiring that you SSH into your server and run:

git fetch
git checkout 2.0
btcpay-update.sh

Seamless integration into existing systems remains one of our top priorities, and we’re excited to introduce three new e-commerce integrations that expand the possibilities for merchants:

- Wix
- Odoo
- BigCommerce

If you use plugins with your BTCPay Server, you might notice that some are disabled after updates - we do that to prevent server crashes.

If you use plugins with your BTCPay Server, you may notice that some are disabled following updates - we do this to prevent server crashes. If you rely heavily on plugins for your BTCPay operations, we recommend that you double-check compatibility and look for announcements from plugin developers regarding their support for version 2.0 before proceeding with the upgrade.

 nostr:npub1psm37hke2pmxzdzraqe3cjmqs28dv77da74pdx8mtn5a0vegtlas9q8970 has updated their plugin, so take a look at it how they did it as an example.

https://m.primal.net/LnEG.png

In the end 💚 Thanks to all that contributed

With 2.0 we wanted to do all the hard work, most of which may be invisible, but it sets a great base on what we’re aiming to do in 2025. Keep an eye on the upcoming minor releases that we’ll ship if we notice any bugs. In the next few big releases we’re hoping to ship some of the most requested features that further enhance our mission.

Super-special shout out goes to our community testers, who went beyond and above testing the 2.0: @cypherpunkstore  nostr:npub1qqqqqq9tkeunk6ma4zdlgt4euev7p5c64jdmp7354x0zdrns3ars20hrhr  nostr:npub1k5f85zx0xdskyayqpfpc0zq6n7vwqjuuxugkayk72fgynp34cs3qfcvqg2 @JoinStrainly.

We hope you enjoy what this update has to offer. As always, thank you to our invaluable contributors, who directly participated in making 2.0 possible:  nostr:npub14j7wc366rf8efqvnnm8m68pazy04kkj8fgu6uqumh3eqlhfst0kqrngtpf @dstrukt @jackstar0512  nostr:npub1y24gz5gwucl79vtv4ctwpysl0r5m4xyzu2rgulnr44ks3t5mt92q4nz2ad  nostr:npub1qm72nur0wn8cdgt0unp0amzssuqxg03tzpd4r87e856nxtz344fs6g74md  nostr:npub1zfytz6ktce3av2svlfpl0e79e44tnskxmvlpkcmc7q0xct3qa49swvm60l @nisaba  nostr:npub1za04drthlvxtwsq0phwc4mgh8rxhjafjkv2w7pf6ze5afka8gvaquadur3 @TChileta  nostr:npub1rj7eh0eu3skwcyr5adpcjwxft9z4yjdspjryq6gynqw2j49f9a3quqjpw2  nostr:npub1j8y6tcdfw3q3f3h794s6un0gyc5742s0k5h5s2yqj0r70cpklqeqjavrvg

Final thanks - of course - goes to https://foundation.btcpayserver.org supporters who are ensuring our FOSS work is sustainable and are helping us make this tech available to everyone!

 nostr:npub1spralxq6jlw5rdy0249vqr5sh43rfrlx2wzv3rhjjqedw559w9psrs8s72
 nostr:npub10pensatlcfwktnvjjw2dtem38n6rvw8g6fv73h84cuacxn4c28eqyfn34f
@BaillieGifford
@Tether_to
 nostr:npub17xvf49kht23cddxgw92rvfktkd3vqvjgkgsdexh9847wl0927tqsrhc9as
@LunaNode
 nostr:npub1hcwcj72tlyk7thtyc8nq763vwrq5p2avnyeyrrlwxrzuvdl7j3usj4h9rq
 nostr:npub1l49ccxu5kvpccapwq269yjnc9jj5tteunfgkhl774hn2v0sdzq0sqa62g8
 nostr:npub1wlx4wqeyzzspw43gk56hlfj4k8ava262let5wvammn8djwx7jx3qp5zy3z
@Unbank

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POST MORE NOTES.
ZAP MORE NOTES.
REPOST MORE NOTES.
FOLLOW MORE NPUBS.

BE THE CHANGE YOU WANT TO SEE IN THE WORLD.


Envoy v1.8.4 is now available

- We’ve fixed an issue preventing users sending to legacy address types

Explore how you can update and more details about the release in our blog post below:

https://foundation.xyz/2024/10/envoy-version-1-8-4-is-now-available/
https://m.primal.net/LmsQ.jpg


👀
https://client.cypher.space


ATH BTC


How could nostr use #pubky decentralized DNS?

Easy.  Instread of connecting to the relay URL which is governed by DNS.

You can connect directly to the relay pubkey.  If for some reason the relay DNS is taken down.  It can move to another site, or a hidden service.  Users are automatically updated.

To prevent this you would  have to take down 20 million nodes all over the world (much harder than silencing a relay).  And even then, 100s can pop up in minutes, using existing software installed on 100+ million computers.

That's just one use case.  #pubky has 100s.


Lightning is dead, they said.

https://image.nostr.build/13b2a4160c9120b74aaf9ffdc53951a80704eac89fbd24a4fc2db09172368438.png


https://video.nostr.build/a21b0066a839f44eac188fe32c8edb50e30eced87fe57f616d46009475ac0a51.mp4
#memes


What do you think of adding Nostr support to some RSS readers out there? Does anyone know of a good popular one that would be receptive?


#pubky tech lfg!

https://pubky.tech/

https://image.nostr.build/3fb60833b4e0ecba01fc5575c7c2f938593ab6fd58172bd58d40ef8374d91ebe.jpg


We were promised sidechains would destroy altcoins. Instead, it looks like altcoins are going to use the same tech to extract Bitcoin to their centralized ecosystems. Clearly aiming at multicoiners with promises of "trustlessness."

A lot of multicoiners are going to get rugged out of their Bitcoin this cycle.


Great report on channeld using 100% CPU and getting laggy on giant nodes. Random backtrace via `gdb -ex` showed memmove in the to-gossipd queue.

Ok, it's a bad implementation for big queues, which is easy to fix, but I also added a backtrace first time we surpassed 100k entries.

This hit *gossipd* first: and, because it was the queue to the main daemon and I'm an idiot (writing the backtrace before setting the "done-once" flag) it recursed infinitely.

But the root of *this* was a known issue, that we spam the logs when we get lots of gossip. So a log level below "debug" was added a while ago, "trace".

But we had explicit logic to suppress debug messages from making the queue too long, which *wasn't* extended for trace! One line fix.

Now, I went to look at the original issue: connectd flooding gossipd and slowing down. This is definitely possible, if we get a lot of gossip at startup: gossipd may have its hands full keeping up. But actually, I'm pretty sure what was happening was gossipd running slow  *because* of the slow performance of its own queue to lightningd!

So there's a trivial commit at the end of the series which raises the queue size before reporting an issue to 250k and explains why the other commits (which didn't touch channeld) actually fixed the issue!


"Why didnt anyone think of that before?".

Was the first thing I thought when I read through #pubkey.  Reusing the 10 million node bittorrent network is genius and already provably censorship resistant for 15 years.

You dont have to build up your own network of relays because millions of people run bittorrent already.  You dont need special hardware because there are so many bittorrent clients.

Censorship resitance is a reality and anyone can run a node.  That's not to say the nostr relay network isnt useful, it is very useful.  But reusing bittorrent just takes things to a new level.


Due to lack of time and resources I'd be willing to part with nostr.eu and nostr.uk for a serious price. Keep in mind that i'm bullish on nostr so the offer should reflect that.

Also open to renting agreements.


Bitcoin-Safe 1.0.0 beta is out with a fully packed feature list:

 - Multisig, but easy! A step by step wizard.
 - Full support for Coldcard, Coldcard Q, Bitbox02, Blockstream Jade, and Specter DIY, supporting QR, USB, SD-card
 - Multi Language: 🇺🇸 🇨🇳 🇪🇸 🇯🇵 🇷🇺 🇵🇹 🇮🇳 🇮🇹 🇫🇷
 - label syncing, encrypted cloud label backup, mempool view, and money flow diagram: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/andreasgriffin/bitcoin-safe/main/docs/explorer.gif

https://github.com/andreasgriffin/bitcoin-safe/releases

#Bitcoin #wallet #BTC #bitcoinsafe


[bitcoin] Merged PR from darosior: Drop miniupnp dependency https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/31130


"BlueSky is a centralized corporate app, running a theoretically-decentralized network protocol that currently has only one (1) active node on the network: BlueSky."
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Cashu wallet + Nutzaps (#1369) #nips_changes
https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/commit/ba46b23d95b186c9a8fedabf8324af2ae40e8ce4


Anonymous eSIMs were there missing piece for a digital life with dignity.

Without Bitcoin, we wouldn't have those either (imaging having to pay for one with a credit card).

It's all starting to come together, piece by piece.


I have updated this table although more technical things could be added here. Let me know if you see something important is missing.

https://image.nostr.build/989f2e929ca5e3834b232f4c6c1f493799e08915b20e330cd87a7137ce6b2f0a.png


Your desire for freedom is incompatible with iOS


Why the Bitcoin <> Nostr <> Ecash stack is a whitepill moment, in 14 minutes

It can be a depressing world, but with these tools we can quite literally grow superpowers

The opportunities we have today to empower others are beyond our own imaginations

Onwards!

https://m.primal.net/LhGP.mp4


New L402 library for rust:
https://github.com/DhananjayPurohit/l402_middleware


Now applied this to aut-ct in a branch:

https://github.com/AdamISZ/aut-ct/tree/delta

Proving is now down to 1-2 seconds even for large trees like 500K, but this is more from me fixing inefficiencies in my code; the real advantage of their new technique for me is just that they made the algorithms much simpler, *and* we have an easy way to batch proofs now (though I haven't done it).

So currently it's:
1-3 minutes to start up a server (which can be left running as long as you use the same curve tree)
1-2 seconds to do a single curve tree inclusion proof
50ms to verify a proof.

This already usable for the kind of 'satoshi millionaire' proofs like the one in my blog post, with sets of 500K or so and even larger, but for some long running system which wants to update the curve tree with new utxos all the time, like lightning  it should be possible to get rid of most of that startup cost by using an 'accumulator update' method as discussed in the paper(s).

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Btw another thing about ecash that I think people get wrong a lot is, the fact that it has a central point of failure is not just about trusting with money but it's just a really bad feature of an architecture; consider how much worse the privacy of it is because you have to send messages to a central server every time you make a transaction.


I created Pokey, a nostr Push Notifications Android app.

I called it "Pull Notifications" because I consider it more accurate, but it's more like a joke 😁

This is just still a POC, the path to have a fully functional app is long. But you can start breaking my baby now, have fun.

https://github.com/KoalaSat/pokey


In Switzerland, you can stack #Bitcoin directly at the ticket machine at any railway station. The Swiss love hard money you can’t fuck with. 🇨🇭🧀🧡 https://image.nostr.build/c79f3c6cfc000d5405edb8618ddd20f33d6c73541a7223e4acab6a1a9f98e17f.jpg


Cypherpunks definitely found a glitch in the matrix.
This stuff is so damn powerful.


GOING LIVE WITH ADAM BACK IN AN HOUR.

JOIN US. 🫡

https://citadeldispatch.com


The Liquid Network has undergone a transformative rebrand, featuring a new sleek logo and user-friendly website (liquid.net) to better represent its elevated role within Bitcoin's layer-2 ecosystem. 🧵👇

https://image.nostr.build/5007aa26b8dd9166f4a9ea7a3f8d3b00c51a4a5e4f00b2f475764648ae511612.jpg

Liquid's new logo is a nod to the popular wave emoji that’s long been used by the online Bitcoin community. It perfectly captures its growing role in Bitcoin finance and seamless interoperability.

Thank you for the inspiration! 🌊 🙏
https://video.nostr.build/56b09a023babb0e8a005e85b158b9e85729a7892031cb8667f1a8b9946367f2e.mp4

The revamped website doesn’t just refresh Liquid's visual identity but highlights its versatility as both an independent solution and a companion to its sister protocol, Lightning, with references and resources to projects like Boltz, PeerSwap, Lightning on Liquid, and more.

https://video.nostr.build/fa90cdeff235bcfbeabbd38fec9f046c602c2cc13154a4d4252e719147605c52.mp4

To best illustrate this, we've organized the website into four portals: developers, enterprises, users, and merchants. These portals serve to streamline the onboarding experience and tailor resources to each user group's unique needs.

https://image.nostr.build/a3cb0a3ce888a7a497309f0124a16f5069784a1dcc2877eb6817f97221f8465a.jpg

Developers, for instance, will find technical documentation and SDKs that simplify building on Liquid. Meanwhile, merchants and enterprises can explore how Liquid improves cross-border payments and enables the issuance of tokenized assets confidentially and securely.

https://image.nostr.build/73be0559653558929d1ed8b150a333ae20ef43cc51a78bdad2407f850c0851ec.jpg

On the user side, we share how Liquid delivers an optimal way to stack sats and manage Lightning channels in high-fee environments, as well as detail how users can access Bitcoin-denominated financial products and self-custody them offline in a Jade hardware wallet.

https://image.nostr.build/c5627168c92e329319e73a5c723f115357b7c1352d0a8fedd2aa5aa26da4c293.jpg

We've also added interactive features to simplify concepts and data sets, including a new dashboard tracking key metrics like LBTC circulation, transaction volume, and TVL, along with visual models of the federation in action.

https://video.nostr.build/528013051d93faae972fa965203d1a51707a64ea96d24089d094590b76033c8f.mp4

This rebrand is just the beginning! We're setting the stage for broader adoption and innovation, making Liquid and other L2s more accessible to businesses and users alike to drive hyperbitcoinization.

If you have any suggestions for the new site, please comment below or DM us!


Nostr might be the only UX that doesn't blast Tor users with captchas...


Are you a developer looking for job opportunities in Bitcoin? Join us in Italy next week!

The Liquid Federation and  nostr:npub1jg552aulj07skd6e7y2hu0vl5g8nl5jvfw8jhn6jpjk0vjd0waksvl6n8n are hosting a three-day coding bootcamp in Viareggio, Italy, from October 28-30 (next Monday to Wednesday). Accommodation, meals, and tuition fees will be covered!

You will have the opportunity to:

1⃣ Learn about Bitcoin, Liquid, and layer-2 projects like Boltz and Breez.

2⃣ Get hands-on experience with various protocols, SDKs, and covenants.

3⃣ Connect with leading industry companies and engineers.

4⃣ Potentially explore future career opportunities.

https://image.nostr.build/90aa4800001f416f590109964ae1c0c9d12395b4dda628582365500177751e49.jpg

If you're interested in getting hands-on with software from  nostr:npub1jg552aulj07skd6e7y2hu0vl5g8nl5jvfw8jhn6jpjk0vjd0waksvl6n8n,  nostr:npub1psm37hke2pmxzdzraqe3cjmqs28dv77da74pdx8mtn5a0vegtlas9q8970, and  nostr:npub1jugar2agq6369p0l86razavs9shj2p6pscxecevs8j94ap37hkqsjlfc28, and exploring career opportunities, we have a few more spots available. You can fill out the form below to get a chance to participate. 🌊 🙏

https://forms.gle/q5cPyjLivypoTEez8


Nostr's identity system is bitcoin taproot.  It comes with a built-in distributed ledger, time chain, payments and smart contracting features.  To date devs have yet to look into this, but if explored it can become a competitive advantage.


[bitcoin] Merged PR from fanquake: [27.x] Prep for 27.2 https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/31101


🔥 BIG OPENVIBE UPDATE 🔥

We’re rolling out some awesome new features:

- Network tags on timelines
- Bluesky video support
- Media multipick for new posts

Update to #Openvibe 1.3.8 now! 🐙

P.S. The next update will be even bigger—IFKYK 😎 https://image.nostr.build/59e92bf93a76eaed39dc7dfdf017a9557be48a85515a70894f020f13dbf51986.jpg


🔐Self-Custody 101

Today, we announce our FREE Self-Custody Email Course!

What you'll learn:
 ✨ Bitcoin properties and self-custody
✨ Why self-custody matters
✨ Keys, seeds & backups
✨ Getting started with a wallet

🎓This week marks the start of our journey to help you master Bitcoin self-custody.

Join us for a five-part email series on Bitcoin self-custody, we give you actionable advice to help you take those first steps towards securing your Bitcoin, without any trusted third parties.

Sign up below or share it with someone who needs to get their coins off an exchange! Together, we can strive towards every sat being held in self-custody.

https://foundation.xyz/self-custody/
https://m.primal.net/Leen.jpg


Exciting announcement! 🎉

We now have a Nostr category sponsored by the Open Source Justice Foundation @OSJF_org 🔥

If your project uses Nostr, you’ll be eligible to win the category!  🙌

https://i.imgur.com/QuY9rzI.jpeg

opensourcejustice.org


Freedom of Speech is nonnegotiable.

Nostr builders, show us what you got!

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Unrestricted funding is essential to sustaining Tor's mission of protecting privacy, and ensuring access to the open web. It allows us to adapt quickly to challenges in a dynamic landscape of internet censorship. From now through Dec 31 your donation will be matched 1:1!
https://torproject.org/donate/donate-md-yec2024

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Nostr fixes this


People and companies will respond with their feet. Bitcoin frees you from the false notion of “patriotism” and once you realise that all countries are run by the uniparty, you’ll vote to protect yourself and your family.


A large number of normies like sticking their heads in the sand. They don't think of their beliefs as that, of course, but the anxiety they have from the contradictions of conventional wisdom, show that they are, indeed, ignoring the obvious dangers.


Based nostr:note1j9dlyyr0yzla2x0xx2alcxyhsm2dx99fn26yqve56jrjt625ypxsjglzft


Michael Saylor’s recent dismissal of self-custody is not just misguided, it’s downright dangerous. To suggest that hardware wallet manufacturers are “just after your money” while downplaying the importance of self-custody reveals a troubling lack of understanding about what Bitcoin truly represents. As someone with significant influence, it’s disheartening to see him undermine the very principles that make Bitcoin revolutionary.

These manufacturers are not merely profit-driven, they offer essential tools for financial sovereignty. Bitcoin was created to give power back to the people, freeing them from the control of banks and governments that have a long history of failing them.

Saylor’s perspective reveals a disconnect from the realities of those who depend on Bitcoin. He suggests that “banks or governments won’t take your Bitcoin,” but this naiveté ignores the numerous threats that exist. Banks can freeze accounts, governments impose capital controls, and exchanges can be hacked or seize funds. In countries around the world, we’ve seen governments brazenly confiscate citizens' savings, stripping away their wealth overnight.

For Saylor, Bitcoin might be an investment opportunity, focusing solely on "number go up." But for many individuals around the world, Bitcoin is a lifeline. If he sees self-custody as a mere sales tactic, it shows he fails to grasp its importance.

By promoting reliance on third parties, Saylor is inadvertently encouraging a return to the very systems Bitcoin was designed to circumvent. This is not just disappointing, it’s a betrayal of the foundational ideals of Bitcoin.

With self-custody more crucial than ever, we're here to guide you in the right direction. That’s why we’ve prepared something to help you and those around you, secure your wealth, free from trusted third parties.

Stay tuned, we have an exciting day ahead!


We'll flood the market with so much encryption.
They'll cry tears of blood.

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Just keep enough to pay the fiat bills.
https://image.nostr.build/acef163d4527c7195545a80aea7d21312d53b7ea46dcd7bfd9917f90e6e396b3.jpg


people who complain about python package mgmt hell have clearly never experienced the true horror of javascript based crap


The State is violent https://www.404media.co/encrypted-chat-app-session-leaves-australia-after-visit-from-police-2/


I don’t want a mansion or a lambo

I want land with fishing and hunting
Cattle
Solar panels
Water wells
Guns and sats
Gardens
Ammo
ASICS
Generators
A farm essentially…


Nostr's global conversation space is a massive discovery engine. Whether it’s a podcast, music, or something to sell.

But have we started with the hardest challenge?

nostr:npub1az9xj85cmxv8e9j9y80lvqp97crsqdu2fpu3srwthd99qfu9qsgstam8y8 , nostr:npub1l2vyh47mk2p0qlsku7hg0vn29faehy9hy34ygaclpn66ukqp3afqutajft  and nostr:npub180cvv07tjdrrgpa0j7j7tmnyl2yr6yr7l8j4s3evf6u64th6gkwsyjh6w6  share their thoughts in BR080.
https://m.primal.net/LeNu.mov


I'm proud to be a paranoid crypto anarchist, just like Satoshi was.


#Bitcoin is *literally* anarchy. https://i.nostr.build/vHeLazW79tqfAKCj.jpg


They locked us in our homes, killed off old people, forced us to wear face diapers. Lockdowns, curfews, forced injections of deadly experimental drugs. Froze bank accounts of dissenters and jailed them.

And you think they won't seize your Coinbase account?


Shoutout to all the paranoid crypto anarchists


🎯🎯

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I’m paranoid, Cypherpunk and anarchist. I don’t care what Saylor says #bitcoin


nostr-relay-tray is about to gain the capability for local event browsing. #nostr #devstr
https://github.com/CodyTseng/nostr-relay-tray
https://image.nostr.build/0d4e788042b78cb3c90f00030ddf021929a4cda7fd1af0aad3b5a14a3df8eb50.png


NEW RELEASE

v0.1.1 for joinstr: https://gitlab.com/invincible-privacy/joinstr-kmp/-/releases/v0.1.1

Changes
===============
- Improve UI
- Remove BIP 32 derivation paths from signed PSBT
- Wallet selection in settings
- Riseup VPN implementation
- Support Testnet and Mainnet
- Fix fee rate estimation

Review the code, verify APK, test it and share your feedback. Join simplex chat group if you need signet coins and other peers for testing.


Introducing: AlgoRelay

Build your own nostr algorithm!
https://i.nostr.build/XPRvfXEpnW3C37k3.jpg

AlgoRelay is the first nostr native relay capable of serving personalized, algorithmic feeds without the use of external or proprietary APIs or DVMs.

It prioritizes surfacing content from the people you care about, based on your personal interactions.

For new users, it solves the "who should I follow?" problem by surfacing popular content in a global feed with our best content.

Clients can easily add personalized feeds by  displaying notes from a single relay, using the same REQ parameters we're already using - simply perform an auth handshake.

Coracle is the first client to implement it, you can see it in action here:
https://coracle.social/relays/wss%3A%2F%2Falgo.utxo.one%2F

Don't like the way my relay is surfacing content? You can easily adjust the weightings in your own relay by changing a few numbers - no coding required!

I look forward to seeing a blossoming market of algorithmic relays putting choice back in the user's hands. This is a big step forward for nostr, giving the masses what they want using open source, transparent algorithms.

This relay is released under an MIT license, feel free to use it however you see fit.

To run your own relay, get started here:
https://github.com/bitvora/algo-relay


Microsoft enabled the notorious "Recall" with the last update (for Windows 11 only). It's part of the OS and can't be uninstalled. This software stores metadata about EVERYTHING that appears on your screen, including passwords/urls/images/videos/any messages you send or emails etc

To disable this gross spyware, run the following as admin on the command line:

Dism /Online /Disable-Feature
/Featurename:Recall

#Windows #Spyware #Recall #PrivacyAbuse

https://cdn.masto.host/mastodonie/media_attachments/files/113/332/912/351/068/324/original/3ab8e94e6f403ac9.png


nostr:nprofile1qqsdxm5qs0a8kdk6aejxew9nlx074g7cnedrjeggws0sq03p4s9khmqpzemhxue69uhksctkv4hzucmpd3mxztnyv4mz7qg3waehxw309ahx7um5wgh8w6twv5hszrnhwden5te0dehhxtnvdakz7msmsjt has added NIP-17 DM support!

All messages sent over the site (payment delivery, order details, and inquiries) are now handled via gift-wrapped events with no metadata leakage. Messages going forward should also now be solely related to your listings.

NIP-04 DMs will still be shown for the next two weeks in order to give merchants time to claim their payments and finalize orders before they're removed completely.

https://shopstr.store


BITCOIN - OPEN PROTOCOL FOR MONEY

LIGHTNING - OPEN PROTOCOL FOR BATCHED BITCOIN PAYMENTS

ECASH - OPEN PROTOCOL FOR BITCOIN BANKS

NOSTR - OPEN PROTOCOL FOR COMMUNICATION


I think that Blossom can be "the IPFS that works", but just in theory. I haven't seen its magical link-resurrection capabilities working in practice.

Maybe a simple start would be an app where you can post a Nostr event reference and it would do the appropriate Blossom link-replacing there for you, in case you're on a client that doesn't do that automatically.

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🚨 Passport v2.3.5 is now live

This update includes:
-  A fix for the firmware update issue introduced in a previous release
- Minor copy updates

After the release of v2.3.4, we had reports of a small number of users experiencing their firmware update getting stuck at ‘98% Verifying Signatures’.
This issue did not affect any other aspect of the device functionality or security. Firmware v2.3.5 fixes this issue for those affected users.

For a more detailed explanation, feel free to explore our blog post below.
https://foundation.xyz/2024/10/passport-version-2-3-5-is-now-live/

If you're still experiencing issues or need further assistance, don’t hesitate to reach out. You can visit our support page, or contact our support team. Thank you for your continued support.
https://foundation.xyz/support/#contactForm
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oof 👀
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"In a house of lies, Bitcoin is the exit door." —Not Nate


#cypherpunk

https://pages.npub.info/fravia/


Don't be too quick with your judgement. You never know what people are going through.


how cool is it that we are all coordinating and communicating in a public space using cryptography and no-one can stop us. it's a subtle thing you tend to forget while shitposting and having fun, but it's still pretty mind blowing to me.


Why stablecoins and stablechannels are dumb

https://stacker.news/items/728609


Yesterday was the first hearing in a defamation suit filed against Chainalysis for describing a crypto project as the second largest scam of 2022.

But Chainalysis did not argue that its statements are true. Instead, it argued that the suit was designed to prevent the firm from public participation, seeking a dismissal on NY Anti-SLAPP laws – designed to protect free speech.

Full story:
https://www.therage.co/chainalysis-defamation-lawsuit-yieldnodes/


"Keep on Building, Fountain." from Ungovernable Misfits "NOSTR and Fountain Sitting in a Tree | The Confab 10: Oscar Merry"

https://cdn.satellite.earth/ce5e13887c6eba8d11d716bcf8c01d17edef4005d316f03e043d8a355d8e8b70.mp4

Listen on Fountain
https://fountain.fm/episode/qgblRIMID0SX4Km7yJvb


I'm excited to share an experiment I've been working on: a solar-powered, self-hosted website running on a Raspberry Pi. The goal was to use the smallest, most energy-efficient setup possible, even if it means the website goes offline sometimes. Yes, this site may go down on cloudy or cold days. But don't worry! When the sun comes out, the website will be back up, powered by sunshine. https://dri.es/my-solar-powered-and-self-hosted-website


10 technologists that give me hope:

Jack, Rabble, Alex, RSync25, Bumi, Snowden, Martti, Kieran, Aljaz, Will.

They can achieve alot, working together, filtering out the noise.


Bought a beautiful pillow with freedom money from "Roedseth Orientalske Tepper"🕊

The setup?
- Bitcoinize Payment Terminal
- Swiss Bitcoin Pay (which sends all sales to)⚡
- Bare Bitcoin⚡

If you want to learn how to onboard businesses to accept #Bitcoin as a medium of exchange, then contact the merchant masters at nostr:npub1nqt6hg6k78la4uj0c0yc44s28t8nkgaaee7rdnrr0vszlul4wwdszsfpug

Why not buy some beautiful pillows as Christmas presents with #BTC in Oslo?

LN-address:
tepper@bb.no https://video.nostr.build/2ab5642488f1093d073067598049ea00ab858b75ebe6fe169cf45e9d7ae9ec7a.mp4 https://image.nostr.build/f9df83b71a8c868c8913745bb0ab3d3c0cfd25c32aeecf498638173318ec0c07.jpg https://image.nostr.build/acde0ae74f2587311ca5753e6466524fd10272d23f43b64e39bcc838383de1bb.jpg  nostr:note1lrt6xeeemparajgc3cqkykjlwy0ssqhrggndhydplea77d5lnruqzpt5s0


"There is but one truly serious philosophical problem and that is suicide. Judging whether life is or is not worth living amounts to answering the fundamental question of philosophy. All the rest — whether or not the world has three dimensions, whether the mind has nine or twelve categories — comes afterwards. These are games; one must first answer."
https://image.nostr.build/bd3c52abd9566ca67fbb96dcd32fe86513a3d0208fe6f6ccda5947e24aedbaaa.jpg


Our criticism of recently published
Wired article: "Wired's Attack on Privacy"

https://simplex.chat/blog/20241016-wired-attack-on-privacy.html


Family is worth more than all the bitcoins


Relays are web servers

A relay is essentially a type of web server that uses the HTTP upgrade protocol. The rules for running a relay are no different from running any standard web server—there's no added layer of decentralization just because it's a relay. In fact, the current state of the relay network is one of neglect, with it becoming more centralized as it shrinks. It's important to note that illegal content remains illegal on any web server, including relays, and you're still liable for hosting it.

Where Nostr might offer an advantage over the traditional web is in making truthful content harder to censor. If an admin on one server is grumpy, it's easier to switch to another and continue participating without being 'canceled.' But at its core, a relay is still just a web server—albeit one with real-time updates.

https://stacker.news/items/726554


Bitcoin is both a medium of exchange and a store of value, now and in the future.

It's never a choice between hodling or spending sats; bitcoin's growth lies in doing both.

 nostr:npub1ey6qdmvzcgcsr883m9nspzz0mm037l26xtardzcskfsvc6gc7jssm9szvp breaks apart bitcoin’s false dichotomy in his latest post 👇

https://medium.com/breez-technology/bitcoins-false-dichotomy-between-sov-and-moe-18e3f968a643


So the  nostr:npub18mmgvu4457x8yrsr3djhhnfp8uhp5swj6fed6jyrd3cpu0vwfcfs3mwg7n has managed to sign up to fucking NOSTR but still can't manage to build a fucking website that works. What a time to be alive
nostr:note1tjlhrf00ksmd8hmdyexagjj9hht5x3e45gvu9yr7kz0064v9hc4skur9c2


Lightning is a layer 2 solution.  Cashu is a layer 3 solution, because it is built on top of lightning.  I'd actually love it if cashu was layer 2 OR 3.  That it could handle on-chain, or even testnet, as well as lightning, but easier to set up.


procrastinating again - made https://www.lightning-network.tech/ a bit more categorized and added some CLN stuff


🚀 Exciting new feature on LN+! Group Channel Opens lets LND node operators open up to 5 #lightning channels with a single #bitcoin transaction, saving over 50% on fees and block space. Balanced channels from the start: perfect for receiving, sending and routing payments. Ready to try? Here are the instructions: https://lightningnetwork.plus/posts/594


Keep shipping the good stuff,  nostr:npub1w4uswmv6lu9yel005l3qgheysmr7tk9uvwluddznju3nuxalevvs2d0jr5 🔸
https://opensats.org/blog/greenart7c3-receives-lts-grant


🤔

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For all those starting now with Lightning Network, I've updated an important guide:
Private Lightning Network Nodes - a must read.
https://darth-coin.github.io/nodes/private-ln-nodes-en.html


"Bitcoin doesn’t care about who you are or what your feelings are. Bitcoin represents equal opportunity to participate in a system not encumbered by our legacy fiat structures." —White Rabbit


Lightning Dev Kit (LDK) v0.0.125: Bug Fix Release

"This is a bugfix release with no public API changes from LDK 0.0.124. It primarily fixes an issue where channels may be force-closed upon upgrade to 0.0.124."

https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/ldk-v0-0-125/


The hardest part of scaling nostr is not the tech.  The tech is tried and tested.  The hardest part is getting people to agree.  Scaling only works with when everyone uses the same solutions, aka a uniform interface.  99% of scaling solutions dont work, or at least, dont work very well.  Over the decades the 1% that do have emerged, and are in wide use.  However, many nostr developers dont want to use proven web standards, they want to create something new, and make a name for themselves.  This almost always fails.  Most promisiting thing so far is #ditto -- Alex has built for millions already, which none of the other devs (ex. Rabble) have.  Absence of a game-changing event, ditto is the best strategy right now.

https://soapbox.pub/ditto/


Main reason to run a node is to keep the network decentralized.

For the first 20 years that is to ensure a relatively fair emission -- which 99.9% of other coins dont have.  This makes bitcoin open rather than proprietary.

The second reason is to keep the network secure.  Dev in bitcoin is very good, but it is not bullet-proof and had to be fought for.  There have been multiple civil wars already, won by the users.  The power of a UASF can be used for good or for bad.  I believe alby users will be a force for good, because bumi has always defended users and bitcoin.

We will face another group that tries to fork bitcoin.  Either a soft fork (OP_CODEs) a hostile miner fork (drivechainers) or a hard fork.  Some forks are good (e.g. consensus cleanup), some are bad (e.g. drivechains).  All forks are risky because they risk a chain split.  And a chain split could be terminal to both splits, and damage investors that put their trust in bitcoin.  We will need to fight and win 1-2 more battles like this before bitcoin becomes a long-term asset, which I think everyone wants.  Alby hub and its culture may be what tips the balance.

The other stuff including lightning is a "nice to have", but more for hobbyists right now.  Glad it's getting easier over time, tho.


Anonymous discount coupons using chaumian ecash: https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/anonymous-discount-coupons-using-chaumian-ecash/

https://image.nostr.build/cc9d742638f63d12430c3e938c6eeb74a218e0922bff9102a5e515c85060e5d6.png


"The only fully local production-grade Super SDK that provides a simple, unified, and powerful interface for calling more than 200+ LLMs."

https://www.adaline.ai/


There was a study where people took turn ratings songs on a fake music review website, 1-5 stars. Each person could see the reviews from the people before them. Justin Bieber is widely disliked, but the study found that if the first participant rated the music highly, like 5 stars, it would continue to be rated more highly be other participants. If they rated him low, he would stay low.

The moral of the story is that an initial group of people can set the stage and perception of a thing, in the beginning. Right now it's Bitcoin. But Bitcoin isn't even that bad! Honestly it's one of the best online communities out there.

We need a few more nice communities like Bitcoin before we attract a mainstream audience.


Excess of Bitcoin content on Nostr considered beneficial: nostr:nevent1qqszzm6999qtllxj9sh8jwvxcyyk43peh0sxks77ccrdwx46697aw9sprdmhxue69uhkwmr9v9ek7mnpw3hhytnyv4mz7un9d3shjvpawl8


If you're building freedom tech and need help, let me know.


#sandymount bot profile creator.  This will allow the creation of friendly helper bots, or virtual assistants, that will, in turn, help to build the project, the specs, the apps, the docs, and so on.

https://image.nostr.build/bdaa7af37924c863626a0413fdc2c60aab64ba64039e09a319a877e155688bef.jpg


Mozilla disabled & hazed uBlock Origin Lite off Firefox's extension store

This is surprising given that Mozilla is supposed to be in favor of privacy.  And it's among the most popular extensions, which then raises the question of what the purpose of Mozilla's store is.

According to the dev (Raymond Hill), they wrote pages of "baseless" complaints, including:
"For add-ons that collect or transmit user data, the user must be informed and provided with a clear and easy way to control this data collection"

Now Raymond Hill had to move it to Github for updates.  As far as we can tell, the original non-lite extension remains.

You can learn how to use uBlock Origin from our tutorial:
https://simplifiedprivacy.com/ublock/index.html

Source:
https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBOL-home/issues/197#issuecomment-2377395301


GM.

ZEUS v0.9.1 is now available.

This release features:

- LND: BOLT 11 blinded paths
- LND: spend full UTXOs
- LND: Inbound routing fees
- [Experimental] Rescans for external wallets
- Simplified open channel UX
- Linked contacts showing in Channel view
- LNDHub: dismiss custodial warning
- POS: add option to default to Keypad view
- View on-chain address list

## Links

Blog post https://blog.zeusln.com/new-release-zeus-v0-9-1/

Release notes: https://github.com/ZeusLN/zeus/releases/tag/v0.9.1

Android

Universal APK: https://zeusln.com/zeus-v0.9.1-universal.apk
arm64-v8a APK: https://zeusln.com/zeus-v0.9.1-arm64-v8a.apk
Manifest: https://zeusln.com/manifest-v0.9.1.txt
Manifest Signature: https://zeusln.com/manifest-v0.9.1.txt.sig

F-Droid (self-hosted) https://zeusln.com/download
Google Play https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.zeusln.zeus

iOS

IPA: https://zeusln.com/zeus-v0.9.1.ipa
Apple App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/zeus-wallet/id1456038895 https://image.nostr.build/27c40b5d3ef93ff5ecf41fa3efb4148089e4fd24864225ed9bcf809480a93735.jpg


DHH has a great post today, one section really caught my attention and is something I've been thinking a lot about recently.

"And that's what gets me. Everyone find it easy to nod in agreement with Jobs' ode to To The Crazy Ones¹. Everyone wants to believe that they'd support "the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers". That they too would cheer for those who are "not fond of rules. And... have no respect for the status quo".

But they won't and they don't. Most people are either aggressively or passively conformist². They squirm when The Crazy Ones actually attempt to change the world. They don't see genius as often as they see transgressors. A failure to comply and comport. And they don't like it."

So GM Nostr. 🌞 Be crazy and non-conformist today.

1. https://basicappleguy.com/basicappleblog/heres-to-the-crazy-ones
2. https://paulgraham.com/conformism.html


🔊🌱Calling all talented African UX designers!

This December, 10 lucky designers will be fully sponsored to Nairobi to take part in the first-ever UX Bitcoin Bootcamp AND attend the Africa Bitcoin Conference!

🌍We’re bringing together Africa’s brightest minds to dive into the world of Bitcoin and create powerful, user-friendly applications tailored to our continent. It’s hands-on, it’s collaborative, and it’s a chance to work on real-world projects that will shape the future of Bitcoin in Africa.

🌿 https://image.nostr.build/57677167f287bfd419c956e70158d3b66954d0a617fa26d9a29432994d48c01d.jpg Want in? Whether you're looking to boost your UX skills or make a real impact in the Bitcoin space, this is the opportunity you don’t want to miss.

Only 10 spots available—don’t wait! ⏳

Sign up here 👉🏼 https://www.bitcoinuxbootcamp.xyz/


This happened during a demo of Tollgate, a tool for OpenWRT routers which let's users pay for WiFi with sats-denominated ecash. Friend of mine connects his phone to the wifi hotspot and is shown a captive portal that says it wants ecash from a certain mint. Friend doesn't have ecash. But I do.

I whip out my phone and create a 100 sat token, show it to him as a QR code, which he copies and pastes into the captive portal. A few seconds later, he's online. 1 sat = 1 minute internet.

We're just scratching the surface of what's possible.


Scratching the surface. #SovEng
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Decentralized social networking was supposed to be built into the browser.  Mainly Web 2.0 VCs stripped it out.  I think we should just put it back in.


https://xcancel.com/anant_tap/status/1845303805799432555#m #nostr


A small step closer to nostr integration with the very cool activitypods project.  That would bring another personal storage solution to nostr, and a large set of users potentially in the wider ecosystem.

https://github.com/activitypods/activitypods/discussions/199#discussioncomment-10928940


1. Non-spec-final features are always behind a flag.
2. Spec final requires two independent implementations which interoperate.
3. Then nostr:nprofile1qqsvh300dvquh50l5t9et2257pxrsk5ndsdgdcdmnnxl9nc0f6l2ejcpz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduq3samnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwwdhx7un59eek7cmfv9kqzrrhwden5te0vfexytnfdu7y9l4j needs to put in PR to make it on by default.
4. Then we need a release!


Entirely possible that I'm mis{sing,interpret}ing things here but: it's a shame that the dual funding in c-lightning is still behind a non-default experimental-dual-fund flag and that when i search for the "option-will-fund" in the listnodes output I only get like 5-10 out of 90K. To be clear, by following fairly simple instructions in an old blog post, I was able to make a well-funded and perfectly balanced channel, within a couple of minutes.

For those interested in coinjoin, note that this *is* coinjoin and arguably one of the best types, since by nature of the offchain payments, this kind of CJ can actually hide flows better. If we want to get the real power of such a thing we'd ideally start batching *multiple* such channel opens together, but that's putting the cart before the horse here. Dual funded channels are such an obvious good, why is it not a more widely used system, or am I missing something? #lightning

(Btw said blog post by nostr:npub1e0z776cpe0gllgktjk54fuzv8pdfxmq6smsmh8xd7t8s7n474n9smk0txy : https://medium.com/blockstream/setting-up-liquidity-ads-in-c-lightning-54e4c59c091d


👀
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i remember this kind of thing from the early days of bitcoin, people have real difficulty coping with a system where there's no company and organization in charge, or directly profiting from use

at some level many people just *can't* understand it, which means Bitcoin Core was a convenient target for all nasty complaints

one of the most persistent, hard issues was fighting scope creep in Bitcoin Core (and in the consensus code); yes, that you can do something with bitcoin doesn't mean it all has to be in that software, the onus of decentralization is to create an ecosystem, where everyone does their part, but no part is critical
(and a project with everything is unmaintainable anyhow; there's the tendency to push the burden on a few people, a kind of Omelas effect)

and the relentless nagging for me to be "more like a dictator" (remember Mike Hearn)... sigh, no that's not the kind of thing we're trying to do here: create a decentralized financial system, not a weird new government. the reason BSV appealed to quite a few people is that it had a central dictator, even if clearly a scam

eventually, things fell in their place, though even in bitcoin it's a continuing struggle... really want something to be done? great, take initiative yourself, help out one of the projects in some way or get people to help

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#sandymount design for a whatsapp clone.  At this point, they are largely just mockups.  The goal is to get the machines to write a comms spec, and then implement it.

https://image.nostr.build/c452d7f0cecf7f92a5c7778aaed8316c54acc6039e0ab58c0e0e9738e018f50e.jpg


Starting my journey on #Nostr and gradually leaving X.

Hello guys!


THERE IS A WHOLE GENERATION THAT THINKS ENGAGEMENT IS MORE VALUABLE THAN A STRONG FAMILY.

FOCUS ON FAMILY. WORK HARD. SAVE IN BITCOIN.


Make Bitcoin conferences weird again https://files.sovbit.host/media/50d94fc2d8580c682b071a542f8b1e31a200b0508bab95a33bef0855df281d63/a26055ce321865430656a8aaf847d6bc77a36d74d6822ad27e834d24242c25ca.webp


One amazing thing I learned about (out of many) at the ecash conference

A router for sharing internet

Someone from India, living in a place with a lot of internet access problems, built a set-up where people can buy internet without having any internet in the first place. 1 sat per minute

He built a captive portal that you log into and the page says — I take ecash from this one mint, get ecash from there and paste it into this text box — you paste it in, hit enter, and you’re online

You’ve made an offline payment and voila, you're now online

There are many exciting Bitcoin developments happening but it's becoming more clear that ecash is a wholly different, complementary technology that does different things, including many things that Bitcoin can't do no matter how many upgrades it gets


Love to see it. Ecash unlocks a bunch of new use cases under different trade offs.

It massively expands the design space we have.

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The term #sandymount comes from the famous chapter James Joyce's classic novel, Ulysses, which begins "The ineluctable modality of the visible...".  It also is a play on words for the #SAND (Solid, ActivityPub, Nostr, Ditto) stack, and "mounting" a file system sand-y-mount.  It unites not only 4 technologies, but the web and the file system, the leading to a self-soveriegn web operating sysem, including web and device.

It combines two words together which was classic Joyce.  He also invented the term word-press in finnegans wake.  Sanydmount will be like a wordpress for machines.  As Joseph Campbell said, "The characteristic of Ulysses everything is a little bit too long, but that's the way life is".  The book is really about the fact that one act of kindness can change a life.  And in changing a life, you can change the world.

https://sandy-mount.com/


Awesome Payments = Bitcoin + Lightning + eCash 🚀

Excited to share my talk from @`bitcoin++` describing the enormous opportunity for #Bitcoin to power payments for the next generation of consumer internet products.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uT_VtKnnAZA&t=4587s

https://m.primal.net/LTbq.jpg


#sandymount enables machines and humans to build together, for each other

https://image.nostr.build/9e6e024572634fe385e26b9793d7532962bc52af4d9b9cee335a42bb6de73cec.jpg


Of course, CLN allows this "0.012sat" everywhere msat amounts are valid!

You do you, y'know!


🚀 Excited to introduce the SAND stack, the first open decentralized stack built for both humans and machines! 🌍

Integrating 4 amazing technologies—Solid, ActivityPub, Nostr, and Ditto—this stack offers more features for users and an open, permissionless platform for developers to build on. 💻✨

#sandymount #SAND #Decentralization

https://image.nostr.build/616609a54de70c30cb72506e96b0ba0189b5667ac8ccb61c2faa1af325d2d906.jpg


Receivers of transactions will normally need to hold transactions for perhaps an hour or more to allow time for this kind of possibility to be resolved. They can still re-spend the coins immediately, but they should wait before taking an action such as shipping goods.


"Honey badger don’t care, honey badger don’t give a fuck." —Randall


From login to post in 20 seconds. Lets dog food this all the way

https://video.nostr.build/3fe75926f93020c3e57b3a8daf439f72d90b3d8f48044ff2a2261db330d5c43b.mp4

 via #PostaNota


It's New-NIP Friday!

Certain calculations in Nostr require access to the entire dataset of events and are impossible to do directly by Clients. This NIP offers a simple way for users to declare their trust in  service providers for those calculations.

https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/pull/1534


It's weird to see external people that are aligned with Lightning goals and even the overall design to complain about petty bugs or small details -- well, even big issues.

"Oh, I like the idea of LIghtning, but it's so bad because I tried a random client and the search button doesn't work, therefore I will assert that Lightning is retarded and will never succeed."

Also fiatjaf: "The Lightning network is a scam"

https://www.theblockbeats.info/en/news/46987

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Now we are able to write a post or send/receive DMs on #nostr using a #meshtastic device ( #LoRa ).

We are building a Open-Source app to use by your own as a service in a machine but also we will set up a website where you can manage your settings to allow sending posts and DMs from/to #nostr from/to a #meshtastic device.

Main cases of use (We thought, but probably more):

- Interact with #Nostr in remote areas.
- Interact with #Nostr with a device with no internet connection.
- Interact with #Nostr with a really private way.
- Interact with #Nostr with a really cheap device (less than $50).
- Interact with #Nostr with no tracking from third-parties.

Stay tuned.


We just announced yesterday in Amsterdam that @`Boltz - Non-Custodial Bitcoin Bridge` swaps are coming to Ark, day 1!

Thanks to native support for Bitcoin script operations, Ark allows servers to virtualize many of the same contracts used by existing Bitcoin products and services.

One we're excited about are Virtual HTLCs (vHTLCs). Combined with off-chain execution, we think they open the door to many new, and old, use cases that weren't possible before, or could not scale.

Those properties can extend to other script extensions of Bitcoin and potentially scale smart contract settlements!

Using virtual swaps, we can close Lightning's "liquidity loop" by providing participants with an interface to batch their channel management operations off-chain.

Many infrastructure providers will find interesting ways to leverage the efficiency of Ark swaps and we encourage anyone interested to reach out nostr:npub1hf5sgehj874r3y2hps9r36qap20cffauc7t895var2ajlsg32mcqa7dp8n
https://m.primal.net/LSdV.jpg


Nostr is a relay sytem.  Its not a storage system.  Its not a database.  It is ephemeral by design.  It is not designed for complex queries.  Almost all of nostr's probems can be solved by realizing this simple reality.  Simply let nostr be nostr, and you are golden.


Just discovered BIP431.

My reaction is to be reminded of Shakespeare's "oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practise to ... use game theory instead of cryptographic verification."

At least *restricting* scope (TRUC) makes the scope of the problem.. less intractable? Even that seems debatable.


communities fixes this nostr:note1ey57nqe50ualgqh7pepmdr5xr29t38u82u7uynt2dpxakerz95kq0u47w9


I'm excited for DATUM to bring back coinbase tag flame warshttps://m.primal.net/LSTu.png


💪🫡

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If you still didn't started with  nostr:npub1xnf02f60r9v0e5kty33a404dm79zr7z2eepyrk5gsq3m7pwvsz2sazlpr5 LN embedded mobile node, here is my updated walk-through guide with the new v0.9.1

https://darth-coin.github.io/wallets/getting-started-zeus-wallet-en.html

Soon will be translated in other languages.


It's never too late to start coding, yes, you read that right. What's probably a small step for mosty people was quite a big one for me, here's my first github project.

It's a dockerized bitcoin core container meant to spin up a pruned node on a linux host with zmq support quickly to use it as the foundation for running public pool. But feel free to use it however you want, it's open source software.

Go ahead and make fun of my scriptkiddie attempt. 😁

https://github.com/gobrrrme/bitcoind_quick


Bitcoin Optech newsletter #324 is here:

- newsletter announces three vulnerabilities affecting old versions of the Bitcoin Core full node
- announces a separate vulnerability affecting old versions of the btcd full node
- links to a contributed Optech guide describing how to use multiple new P2P network features added in Bitcoin Core 28.0
- recaps the "Add getorphantxs" PR Review Meeting
- Optech Newsletter #324 Recap on Twitter Spaces

https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2024/10/11/

Niklas Gögge posted to the Bitcoin-Dev mailing list links to the announcements of three vulnerabilities affecting versions of Bitcoin Core that have been past their end of life since at least April 2024...
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2024/10/11/#disclosure-of-vulnerabilities-affecting-bitcoin-core-versions-before-25-0

Antoine Poinsot and Niklas Gögge disclosed a consensus failure vulnerability affecting the btcd full node...
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2024/10/11/#cve-2024-38365-btcd-consensus-failure

Gregory Sanders has written a guide for Optech aimed at developers of wallets and other software that uses Bitcoin Core to create or broadcast transactions. The guide walks through the use of several of the features and describes how the features can be useful for multiple protocols, including simple payments and RBF fee bumping, LN commitments and HTLCs, Ark, and LN splicing...
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2024/10/11/#guide-for-wallets-employing-bitcoin-core-28-0

Add getorphantxs is a PR by tdb3 that adds a new experimental RPC method named getorphantxs...
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2024/10/11/#bitcoin-core-pr-review-club

Bitcoin Optech will host an audio recap discussion of this newsletter on Twitter Spaces Tuesday at 14:30 UTC. Join us to discuss or ask questions!
https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1OwxWNrEWZZJQ


our ecash edition in Berlin is now live on zap.stream! https://zap.stream/naddr1qqjrze3ex9snsvp595ekvcfh956x2vfn943rzefk95ervcenxvcngwt9x33kyqgewaehxw309aex2mrp0yh8xmn0wf6zuum0vd5kzmp0qgsv73dxhgfk8tt76gf6q788zrfyz9dwwgwfk3aar6l5gk82a76v9fgrqsqqqan89pxa5d


livestreams for bitcoin++ ecash edition are live on zap.stream (and also youtube)

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talks stage: https://youtube.com/live/E81VNB3CRsY?feature=share
workshops stage: https://youtube.com/live/7j1cH25CYKY?feature=share


Bitmain Launches the ANTMINER S21+ Series

The Antminer S21+ Hyd. is said to deliver a hashrate of 319 TH/s and an efficiency of 15 J/TH. The S21+ model promises 216 TH/s with a power efficiency of 16.5 J/TH.

https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/bitmain-launches-the-antminer-s21-plus-series/


It's weird to see external people that are aligned with Nostr's goals and even the overall design to complain about petty bugs or small details -- well, even big issues.

"Oh, I like the idea of Nostr, but it's so bad because I tried a random client and the search button doesn't work, therefore I will assert that Nostr is retarded and will never succeed."

The thing is: to whom are you complaining? Nostr isn't an organization trying to sell you anything, and if you are aligned with the goals then that supposed "Nostr problem" is also your problem so start trying to solve it. Or maybe you have a better alternative?, otherwise the tone of the complaint doesn't make sense.


Merged 2 days ago! https://github.com/rust-bitcoin/rust-bitcoin/pull/2945  #bitcoin😉